Effectiveness of Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage

Universidad Europea de Madrid49 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic Drainage (IMLD) in the reduction of the perineal trauma and the symptoms of vaginal edema, the prevention of complications during the expulsive and the improvement in the postpartum recovery, compared to conventional treatment during the gestation, in women with the second partum. The weekly treatment is performed from the 25th gestational week in women with vulvar edema.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Lymphatic Diseases

Interventions

Intracavitary Manual Lymphatic DrainageOTHER

Conventional treatmentOTHER

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * A sample of 49 second-trimester pregnant women with gestational edema with more than 18 years of age Exclusion Criteria: * Primiparous women

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain intensity assessed by the Visual Analogue Scale

Time frame: 5 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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